The fundraising is heating up on campus in advance of the MSU men’s basketball team’s game against Michigan this weekend.
Andrew Singler’s alleged attacker, 18-year-old Okemos resident Connor McCowan, was arraigned Monday at the 55th District Court in Mason for reportedly stabbing the nutritional sciences senior to death Saturday.
In between hashing out last-minute spring break details, take a look at a few key news events happening in the world around East Lansing.
An agreement between two investors will, at least for now, maintain ownership of the former site of City Center II, which previously was threatened by foreclosure and now is saddled with about $39,000 in back taxes.
When political science and pre-law junior Zade Alsawah applied to intern at the White House last summer, he did so hoping for the best but expecting the worst.
East Lansing will be under a winter weather advisory from 1 p.m. today to 6 a.m. tomorrow with an estimated amount of 4-5 inches for East Lansing, said National Weather Service in Grand Rapids Meteorologist Brandon Hoving. The winter storm is slated to hit East Lansing during the afternoon today and could affect the rush hour traffic, Hoving said. Hoving added the snow will be more of a wet snow and there could be wind gusts of up to 25 mph. Even though there have been multiple snow storms hitting East Lansing this year, Hoving wouldn’t consider this winter out of the norm, he said. “I can’t say that this year has been an unusual year one way or the other,” Hoving said. Director of Public Works Todd Sneathen said there will be no efforts tonight toward plowing or salting East Lansing roads, and the city will wait until tomorrow to act. “It’s during the work day, so there’s no reason to do anything tonight,” Sneathen said.
The cause of death for geological sciences sophomore Anna Flory still is under investigation, according to police and family members.
Okemos resident Connor McCowan, 18, was arraigned at about 3:30 p.m. in 55th District Court in Mason for allegedly stabbing nutritional sciences senior Andrew Singler to death.
Picture the typical MSU party environment: a combination of young men and women, loud music, binge drinking and some sexual interactions behind closed doors. But many of these sexual encounters on colleges, such as MSU, aren’t always consensual.
Running almost naked in more than a foot of snow sounds crazy to some, but a group of 17 students braved the cold Friday afternoon, showing off their bodies to hopefully inspire others to love their figures as well.
As a stiff breeze rolled in across the snow-covered Eagle Eye Golf Course, more than 100 people stood around a hole cut in the ice of one of the course’s many water hazards, patiently waiting for the show to begin.
The gymnasium quickly dissolved into chaos as the two lines of players rushed together. In a diverse game of dodgeball, MSU students, local volunteers and Lansing schoolchildren faced off at the Boys and Girls Club of Lansing, 4315 Pleasant Grove Road. The match was part of Destination Lansing, a volunteer initiative launched this weekend.
Tickets for the hip-hop and rap artists Macklemore and Ryan Lewis concert on March 19 still are available, ASMSU Director of Public Relations Haley Dunnigan said.
MSU students might have another option for late-night meals on the weekends. A new food cart in East Lansing is selling two American favorites combined in one.
Next week will mark the beginning of a several-month project to improve the roads on Grand River Avenue and Michigan Avenue — a project that could slow down the daily routine of both residents and students in the city.
Despite a lagging national economy, a new study found East Lansing improved financially last year. Milken Institute’s ranking of top U.S. cities, which judges metropolitan areas based on economic performance, placed the Lansing-East Lansing metro area as 120th in the nation in 2012, up 30 spots from 2011.
An MSU student was stabbed to death in Meridian Township this weekend.
A 19-year-old female MSU student has been found dead at her Bailey Street home, according to East Lansing police.
A portion of the former City Center II project will be foreclosed on Monday if outstanding fees are not paid, according to the Lansing State Journal.
MSU Provost Kim Wilcox was named one of four finalists for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor position, according to a report from the Lansing State Journal.